A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World - Softcover
Tired of being an armchair activist, Isabel Losada decides to take matters into her own hands. From the streets of London to the temples of Dharamsala, in this adventure, Isabel falls in love with a monk, impersonates a member of the Chinese army, starts an activist organization, breaks the law, puts lives at risk (including her own), and appears on the news around the world. In the end, she meets the Dalai Lama to ask him the crucial question, "Can one person make a difference?"
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"This book just might inspire you to change the world in your own way ."--Tricycle
"[Losada employs] an excellent sense of humor and complete candor....the result is a truly inspirational read."--Library Journal
"Losada's courageous and humorous journey... is an inspirational and illuminating study in the power of one person's faith and determination."--Booklist
"Losada is a good-humored, hard-working activist for Tibet. Her heart is in the right place...."--Publishers Weekly
"[H]eart-warming and extraordinary....[Losda} writes perceptively and with humor...and succeeds in getting across the underlying message."----Wanderlust magazine
"A practical look at how one person's faith and determination inspire change, maybe one that impacts the world."--Relevant magazine
"Bright and endearing, Losada's conspiratorial whispers show humor and Lama-esque levels of warmth."----South Wales Argus
"[S]mart, funny, compassionate...the perfect remedy for people who feel they are too insignificant to make a difference."----Dinty W. Moore, author of The Accidental Buddhist
..".vivid, funny, heartwarming, delightful....It is a great read, a live teaching!"----Robert Thurman, author of Inner Revolutions: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
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"[Losada employs] an excellent sense of humor and complete candor....the result is a truly inspirational read."--Library Journal
"Losada's courageous and humorous journey... is an inspirational and illuminating study in the power of one person's faith and determination."--Booklist
"Losada is a good-humored, hard-working activist for Tibet. Her heart is in the right place...."--Publishers Weekly
"[H]eart-warming and extraordinary....[Losda} writes perceptively and with humor...and succeeds in getting across the underlying message."----Wanderlust magazine
"A practical look at how one person's faith and determination inspire change, maybe one that impacts the world."--Relevant magazine
"Bright and endearing, Losada's conspiratorial whispers show humor and Lama-esque levels of warmth."----South Wales Argus
"[S]mart, funny, compassionate...the perfect remedy for people who feel they are too insignificant to make a difference."----Dinty W. Moore, author of The Accidental Buddhist
..".vivid, funny, heartwarming, delightful....It is a great read, a live teaching!"----Robert Thurman, author of Inner Revolutions: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
Isabel Losada has worked as an actress, singer, television producer, and full-time single parent. She is the author of The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment, which is a bestseller in twelve countries. She really does live on Battersea Park Road, in London.
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- PublisherHarperOne
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0060834528
- ISBN 13 9780060834524
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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